常じょう染せん色しょく体たい

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

autosome; non-sex chromosome

Technical term in genetics; refers to any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome. Often used in the form 常染色体の to modify a noun.

See also: 性染色体

• ヒトは22対たいの常じょう染せん色しょく体たいと1対ついの性せい染せん色しょく体たいを持もつ。

  Humans have 22 pairs of autosomes and one pair of sex chromosomes.

• この病びょう気きは常じょう染せん色しょく体たい優ゆう性せい遺い伝でんで伝つたわる。

  This disease is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern.